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U+3172, ㅲ
HANGUL LETTER PIEUP-KIYEOK

[U+3171]
Hangul Compatibility Jamo
[U+3173]
U+111E, ᄞ
HANGUL CHOSEONG PIEUP-KIYEOK

[U+111D]
Hangul Jamo
[U+111F]

Early Modern Korean

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(pk)

  1. A digraph of (p) and (k). [mainly until c. 18th century]

Usage notes

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  • Used primarily to write words that had originally had the Middle Korean cluster (psk-), mainly in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (Lee and Ramsey 2011, p. 254). A */pk-/ cluster did not exist in Middle Korean.